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would have left 30,000 troops there. >> reporter: romney prepared in florida where he gave this advice during a football game. >> figure out which of their players is best and take 'em out early. >> reporter: the latest poll of likely voters shows the race is a dead heat 47%, with only two weeks until election day the stakes are higher than ever. >> this debate tonight so important. >> reporter: this debate setting will be different than any other presidential debate so far both candidates will be sitting with the moderator, at a desk. brandi hitt, abc7 news. >>> before you go, after last week's heated debate what kind of tone can we expect? >> reporter: a lot of people are still expecting both to throw a few punches because this is their last debate. the idea they are going to be sitting at a desk it probably will tone down some of the heat. while it may be toned down you are still going to see some punches thrown. >> brandi hitt, thanks so much. tonight debate set to begin 6:00 our time. you can watch it live here on abc7. >>> just ahead, bracing for rain, just in case at the giants'
would have left 30,000 troops there. >> reporter: romney prepared in florida where he gave this advice during a football game. >> figure out which of their players is best and take 'em out early. >> reporter: the latest poll of likely voters shows the race is a dead heat 47%, with only two weeks until election day the stakes are higher than ever. >> this debate tonight so important. >> reporter: this debate setting will be different than any other presidential...
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we'll keep on improving as time goes on, i've got one left. >> reporter: mitt romney stumped in virginia. >> i love these debates. these things are great. [ cheering ] >> i think it is interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. >> reporter: the president and his republican challenger came out swinging, circling each other much of the night like two prized fighters. >> you will get your chance in a moment i'm still speaking. >> reporter: mitt romney was more at home when hammering away at the president's economic policies. >> president's policies exercised over last four years, haven't put americans back to work. >> reporter: one of the most tense moments came when discussing the terrorist attack in libya. >> it took the president 14 days before he called the attack an act of terror. >> get the transcript. >> he did. >> the president: can you say that louder candy. >> he did call it an act of terror. >> reporter: most polls on pundit as warding this to barack obama. >> in the end he won -- not by a lot, points no knockout he did what he needed to do. >>
we'll keep on improving as time goes on, i've got one left. >> reporter: mitt romney stumped in virginia. >> i love these debates. these things are great. [ cheering ] >> i think it is interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. >> reporter: the president and his republican challenger came out swinging, circling each other much of the night like two prized fighters. >> you will get your chance in a moment i'm still speaking....
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new polls show president obama ten points up now on mitt rolled romney in ohio. that is key battleground state. he has moved into the leans to obama column. that gives him 255 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win. both candidates campaigned in the buckeye state today. the president seized on the momentum linking romney to his comments that 47% of americans are victims who depend on the government. >> i don't believe we can get very far with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims that never take responsibility for their own lives. as i travel around ohio and look out, i don't see a lot of victims. i see hard working ohioans. >> near cleveland, romney tried to repair the damage from his comments. he expressed empathy for out of work americans and claimed his policies would help them get back to work. >> when you cut through the words, you can look at the record. when you see policies that have not created the jobs america needs, you know it's time to choose a new leader, get a new coach, get america growing again. >> history says ohio is must
new polls show president obama ten points up now on mitt rolled romney in ohio. that is key battleground state. he has moved into the leans to obama column. that gives him 255 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win. both candidates campaigned in the buckeye state today. the president seized on the momentum linking romney to his comments that 47% of americans are victims who depend on the government. >> i don't believe we can get very far with leaders who write off half the nation as a...
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>>reporter: romney tried to neutralize the president right out of the gate. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda. but we can't kill our way out of this mess. >>reporter: but the president kept up a steady barrage. >> strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map. and is not designed to keep americans safe or to build on the opportunity that exist in the middle east. >>reporter: it was a tricky balancing act for romney because on many key foreign policy issues his statements on the campaign trail are similar to those from the white house. on syria he emphasize the u.s. needs to take a leadership role diplomatic effort first and foremost. >> i don't think there's necessity to put our military in syria at this stage. >> he sdropt different ideas. and that's because we are doing exactly what we should be doin doing. >>reporter: as expected the candidates drifted from foreign policy to the no. 1 issue on voter minds. the economy. >> america must lead. for that to happen we have to strengthen our economy here at ho
>>reporter: romney tried to neutralize the president right out of the gate. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda. but we can't kill our way out of this mess. >>reporter: but the president kept up a steady barrage. >> strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map. and is not designed to keep americans safe or to build on the opportunity that exist in the middle east. >>reporter: it was a...
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last month, mitt romney stood in front of solyndra and talked about the 1100 as a symbol of stimulus spending failure and the latest is just more red meat for the republican campaign. >> this is barack obama's enron. i truly believe that. from the beginning what we have seen about the whole solyndra story is cover up and pressure. >> reporter: the romney campaign has been trying to make the case that the obama administration green lighted the solyndra loans for political reasons but an investigation has failed to produce evidence of that. late last near, bloomberg reported with solyndra's failure the default loan rate was 3.6%, a fraction of what had been anticipated. >> the labor department today is not commenting on the issue and calls and e-mails to solyndra hit a dead end. the best the obama campaign can hope for is that the solyndra story doesn't have any more threads. mark matthews, abc 7 news. >>> solyndra did not get enough high bids for its 30-acre property in fremont so it is making its second attempt to sell the site. it is not clear ouch solyndra is hoping to get for the
last month, mitt romney stood in front of solyndra and talked about the 1100 as a symbol of stimulus spending failure and the latest is just more red meat for the republican campaign. >> this is barack obama's enron. i truly believe that. from the beginning what we have seen about the whole solyndra story is cover up and pressure. >> reporter: the romney campaign has been trying to make the case that the obama administration green lighted the solyndra loans for political reasons but...